Thursday, September 29, 2005

Small Towns are more American. Why don’t they ever run polls in small towns?
Question - Who lives in cities?
1) The immigrants. Immigrants are people who have been raised with different beliefs. Yes, they have taken the oath of allegiance, and most of them have done so in good faith. But that doesn’t mean that they understand American values, or that they would believe in them. Small town folk, on the other hand, are second and third, maybe fourth generation Americans. They are as native as Norman Rockwell models, immersed in the culture.
2) The Trangients. Here are high level executives who spend this week in New York, fly to a meeting in Singapore, and while there participate in teleconferencing with 5 other nations. Their money’s in the Bahamas, their house is in Italy . . . what do they care what happens to America? So long as they get enough warning to cash out their US dollars, they wouldn’t care if the whole country collapsed. They’d buy up the real estate cheap and sell it to Mexico. Small town folk, on the other hand, are invested in America. They have lived their whole lives in those towns, just like their parents. They aren’t going anywhere. Their decisions, their wants, flow from a desire, a need, to keep their America strong, safe, and prosperous.
3) The Urban Poor. These poor souls only have one thing on their mind – becoming the urban rich. No body cares about them, and they care for nobody but themselves. Small town folks never get that poor. They have friends who help out. They know the value of community, and of the Nation.

Next time you want to know what’s best for America, don’t ask a corporate flunky with no stake in a country. Don’t ask an immigrant who barely knows what America means. Don’t ask the poor, to whom America is a money teat, or nothing at all.
Go to a small town. Ask one of us.

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